The Daily Dispatch includes reviews and critical readings of books, exhibitions, photography projects, architecture, independent publications and cultural initiatives. Each contribution connects individual work to a wider system of production, politics, technology and material culture.
Updated with new content every day, The Daily Dispatch extends Lampoon’s editorial research beyond the rhythm of the print edition. It is a continuous journal of contemporary culture — grounded in evidence, direct observation and an interest in how things are made.
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Villa La Medusa, toward Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture
Camaiore, Lucca. Villa La Medusa reflects its dual etymology. The root is ancient Greek: μέδω, meaning to care for, to protect, but also to bewitch. Villa La Medusa protects its...
Agroforestry: Merging Agricolture and Forestry to Regenerate Farms Globally
ReNature commits to farmers in their transition of producing with respect to ecological balance: regenerative agroforestry reinvents the idea of production
Human Hair Waste: How Much Is There, and Could It Transform Sustainable Manufacturing?
Human Material Loop is a project researching ways to integrate human hair as a sustainable material for the industry into a zero-waste recycling system
Christien Meindertsma delves into the history of Dutch material culture
Dutch Design Week – from rediscovering local raw materials to transforming waste into new products: Christien Meindertsma’s vision for a more ethical design
Fashion collaborations beyond fashion: Bottega for Bottegas
The fourth edition of the Bottega for Bottegas project explores the Venetian roots of the Maison and its woven legacy, featuring six artisanal ventures in dialogue with Lampoon
Michael Lockshin: Raw Reminders Between Two Worlds – USA and Russia
Interview with Michael Lockshin starting from his The Master and Margarita – Russians didn’t reconsider their symbols, they didn't take Lenin out of the mausoleum
We Are Workers: Working-Class Heroes on Route 66
When the glitter of Tinsel Town fades, dreamers head west in search of opportunity—only to find themselves waiting tables in a diner. Through the raw lens of Rupert Tapper, explore...
Photography between lucky accidents and scientific experiments
«That feeling when you get sent the negatives and you look at them, that is what you are working for» - Brendan Freeman on film photography
We Are Wandering Stray Dogs: Eva Ferri and Edizioni E/O
Interview with Eva Ferri, Editorial Director and Heir of Edizioni E/O: Independence in Publishing, the Publishing Situation, the Case and Success of L’Amica Geniale
Crude Expectations: What are the chances we have of not relying on oil and gas?
The Great Australian Bight is home to 277 marine life species that are completely new to science: it also happens to hold the equivalent of 1.9 billion barrels of oil
Growing Roots in an Alien Desert: Chloe Lea’s Journey
Embracing vulnerability and eschewing Hollywood perfection, Chloe Lea’s raw style offers a refreshingly grounded take on the high-stakes battles of Dune: Prophecy
Guatemalan artisanry is dying: can price transparency save it?
Through price transparency and detailed documentation, Luna del Pinal brings value to Guatemala’s ancient crafts and its artisanal indigenous communities
Patrick Blanc, Botanist and artist, has designed more than 300 Vertical Gardens around the world
Architects look for novel ways to infuse more green spaces into cities: The fact that a plant is rare in nature, doesn’t mean at all that it is difficult to...
Why people in India are still producing leather from protected by law species?
«Cows, buffaloes, and other animals used for leather in India are often crammed onto vehicles so tightly that their bones break», introducing the issue of ethical production in local communities...
Blockchain is our future
Knowing the supply chain from yarn to fabric is possible through a software that provides end-to-end product transparency. In conversation with Alexandre Sundberg, CEO and co-founder of True Tribe
Who is the power bottom? – phenomenology and terminology of a sexual role
When it comes to sexual roles in the LGBTQ+ community, the terminology can get slippery. Exploring the meaning of power bottom and the alleged threat to masculinity
Is it possible to catalogue waves? Tiziano Scarpa has done it
An exploration of how waves reveal the dynamic soul of Venice. Merging aesthetics, fear, and hope in a delicate balance between human intervention and nature’s rhythms – in a conversation...
Through craft, we continue what we have learned, we educate, we improve: the respect of nature, human beings and altruism
Artistic Director of Hermès, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, and Architect Stefano Boeri discuss the responsibility of larger corporations to lead in the transition towards a mandatory sustainable consideration for the future
FW24 menswear story on Lampoon 30, The Raw Issue
The juxtaposition of intricate textures—cable knits, leather, fur, and tailored wools—and bold silhouettes offers a dialogue about the evolving codes of masculinity. Styling Niki Pauls
Milan, the city will be a Garden – is it a promise or just a utopia?
No longer just a utopia - Milan City- Garden is a political promise: we say we should take care of our own garden – but what if the entire city...
My name is Viviane Sassen and those scars are not my own scars
On the occasion of a travelling retrospective, Sassen looked into her archives and rediscovered a body of work she made while studying in an MFA program. Folio interrogates the preoccupations...
Yayoi Kusama: Japanese Girl in America, American Girl in Japan
Robert Shore chronicles the art of Yayoi Kusama: «the discovery of her father’s affair left her with a lifelong aversion to male genitalia; the dropping of atomic bombs left a...
Counteracting the plastic crisis through shrimp and crab skin shells
Egypt: the fourth largest plastic producer starts showing efforts to spread the use of bioplastic material. In conversation with researcher, Amal Elhussieny
Louis Vuitton x Murakami: Art and Fashion Through New Technologies – Featuring Zendaya
Exploring the evolution of superflat aesthetics, the renewed partnership highlights the synergy between Murakami's art and Louis Vuitton's savoir-faire – with Zendaya as the Face of the Global Campaign
As times change, so does the idea of craft – an update with Tom Dixon
It takes an engineer to make things in big quantities and a craftsman to produce a wooden spoon. The British designer discusses the challenges on crafting newness
Bella Gonshorovitz demystifying circularity: Grow, Cook, Dye, Wear
Author Bella Gonshorovitz shares her ideology on creating circularity at home, from the seeds in the garden to the garments in your wardrobe
The Assassination of the Empress of Austria
Elisabeth of Austria was assassinated by an Italian anarchist: fragile and haunting, from Luchino Visconti's portrayed the Empress in the movie Ludwig, with Romy Schneider
Rough Christmas: it’s not all snow and carols and carbs
As the global celebration takes many forms — cozy by the fire or sweltering on the beach — Christmas becomes a mirror reflecting society’s warmth, excess, and enduring hope
Ella Wiznia: creating a thread to connect the upcycling
When eco-friendliness meets body-positivity: Ella Wiznia of The Series New York’s drive to upend traditional body conceptions and produce upcycled garments
Green Laws and urban forestry — which countries are in the lead?
From the Amazon rainforest set ablaze to the city of Venice being engulfed in water – major climate change events tell us that a green action is necessary
Spectral Display by Guy Bolongaro
Spectral Display becomes an ode to the unapologetic rawness of being seen – or unseen – through the creative act – photography Guy Bolongaro, styling Lottie Collins, for Lampoon 30
Soil and Artificial Snow: The Cost of an Increasingly Artificial Winter
From trees cut down for the bobsleigh track of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to the effects of artificial snow on the soil: the environmental consequences associated with winter sports...
Re-discovering a bio-based building material: Bamboo
Bamboo has been used as a building material for thousands of years—it has a stronger tensile strength than steel. The tallest bamboo building on the Indonesian island of Bali took...
Nosferatu: Robert Eggers’ Love Letter to Black Magic
Frankenstein, Dracula, and the New Nosferatu with Bill Skarsgård and Willem Dafoe: The Year Without a Summer of 1816 Inspired Gothic Literature’s Monsters and Influenced Robert Eggers’ Horror and Cinema
Soil Sharing: Terra Preta, Biochar and early Bio-economies
What and how biochar has become a solution and economical market and what does it mean for us and the upcoming generations?
Archaic and futuristic: Attune by Alexandra Pirici
Pirici does not shy away from size, even comparing the soft hills of her sand dune formation to a large soft animal – Attune, the exhibition co-commissioned by Hamburger Bahnhof...
Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds Interpreted by Adrien Dubost
Lampoon 30 features Adrien Dubost in a presentation of the Louis Vuitton Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds High Jewelry Collection
CAL deconstructs his latex boots for Rick Owens – Amongst the glue, metal rods, and pins
From his live-work studio in London, designer CAL talks FKA twigs, those air-filled boots, and his (now-masked) life with latex
I don’t use barriers: Théo Mercier’s Rituals
No fences, glass, or don’t touch signs. The work is accessible. It’s vulnerable. You can break it, push it, or even steal it if you want
Rough Culture: Luciano Baldessari was a Rationalist Rebel
Frank Lloyd Wright claimed that Luciano Baldessari was the only Italian architect whose work he knew – matter and spirit, monumental gestures and the fluidity of theatre
Fendi Peekaboo Soft – Sculptural Aesthetics and Raw Materials
In dinamiche sociali multiple e frammentarie, le declinazioni della Fendi Baguette e della Peekaboo sono apertura alla pluralità sociale e all’adattamento contemporaneo
South Sudanese craftsmanship is rooted in women
South Sudanese women fled their country only taking out with them a few clothes. They’re now producing these to create their own business
The Raw Marks by Sigve Knutson
The best results come from using tools and materials they were not originally intended for – Oslo based experimental designer Sigve Knutson share his creative process and personal vision on...
Selma Selman: my Dad’s Mercedes
I asked my family how much money they needed so that they wouldn't marry me off: 11,000 euros – I sold some of my artwork and even my hair. I...
Don’t Mess with Kendrick Lamar
From Drake to Lil Wayne, many have tried to throw a wrench into the chrome wheels of the Compton rapper. The truth is, the only battle KDot has ever fought...
The Rough Voice of a Rough Woman: Maria Callas by Angelina Jolie
The roughness of voice and character in Pablo Larraín's Maria, a biopic on Callas portrayed by Angelina Jolie
